Indicating device for automobiles



Dec. 21 1926.

' L. HAINES' INDICATING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Jan. 18, 1926 llll 11111 IIIILI/ M Y L INVENTOR L. fidl'l165 ATTORNEYS w A further o 7 VlCle a dev ce otflthe type:ClBSQIlbGdWhich makes'usejof novel; spring 'means1"or actuate provide 'a 1s simple in constructlon, durable andjthorfl oughly efficient for the purpose,intendedflv v Patented fies. 2i,

LEROY names,crooner-Insane; intrnois.

z n monrrne Davies roe enromozzrtnsl Applicatieiiifiled January'18,1fa26i s i-i 1 iibisaesef-l bj ectfof my invention is-topr'oing the signalihand'. 1 Y ect of my.-1nvent1on is to. device of the type descr bed WlllCll Y A furthr b Other objects and advantages will appear in the followlng specificatlon, and the novel features of the lI1VBI1t1OI1' w ll be part1cu 'larly pointed :out in the appended claims. My invent-ion is illustrated in the-accom panyi'ngdrawings, j forming part of this application, in which 7 v F lgure 1 1s a rear elevation ot a car showmg the device 111' 0perat1ve'pos1t1on,'and

'Figure is a vertical section through the .dGVlCB. f my lnvention, Iprovrde In carrying out a casing 1 which may be entirely enclosed in a car. 2, as shown in'Figure 1, or maybe secured to the rear of the car in 'ex-posedpo v sition. The casing is provided with-a cover, 3 hinged at 4 and adapted to close the open side 5 of the casing. r. I I

The-cover al'so'acts as an arm for a signal hand 6.. The hand is preferably transparent and fleshcolored', thereby closely resem bling a human-hand. r

handis hollow. and-re- Furthermore, the I 7 111 thefwrist portion ceive's an electric light thereof the light in turn being connected to a source of current. In practice, the Wire 22 is connected 'to the tail light flwire'. The

- light socket 7z'is grounded, thus completing the circuitthrough the light each time the various parts ofthe device, the operationtail -light is energizedr The hand fi is secured to, the cover?) at. 9 r and has its .wrist'portion secured to guide; 'niembers 10. Thecover 3, together with the 1 guide members 10 close the opening -5 when the hand is in inoperative positiomand preot' a cable .The'handisfadaptedto be swag into, a

rious positions {for indicating right turn ,ilet I nsF gu 2, -Sh 2I h6S three'positions as being indicatedihy the let I ters L. T f and B. Therneans for acent foreign}.matter-{from gaining access to 1 'theunteraor.offthe'casing -1.

tuatinggthe arm consists of a coil spring/11f J securedtothecasing 1'at,12 and- .having an 1 arm 13 operatively connected to theflcover by meansof alinlr-lt; Figure -21jshows the springflfl'".in ,operative position, The arm;; -t 18 of this spring moves toward; thewallof ,thecasing in swinging thehandfi intoginoperative position.

.lie-arniiklg'is manually moved, means 1 tll f t d" tea. as one o 1 s ens secure I to theai m, the cable then vbeing passed" through? curved tubular member. 16 Ioutf through the Bottom of the casing, thence over. a series oifguidingmeans, not showmtothe instrument board" 17 of-the car. ,A lever 18 I j i is connected" to thecable. It is obvious that I the cableiinay be connected to'the foot brake: I andbe actuated'when the pedal is actuated, fit so desired 1 The lever 18'is v g V ed to be swungto the position R. T. on the dial 520 when the operator desires to raise the hand 6 intothe position R.',T-. vA swing Of'the lever 18*to the left into a position L. .T.

v V on the dial 20 will swing the Signal hand 6 into the L. T. position. lt should be noted that the letters L. are. disposed l nearer'the lever 18 when the lever is in nor:

pivotedatw and is, adapt:

mal position than aretheflettersR T. ,The f lever 18 is also adapted to be swung into the position for .indicating'that the 'car is to a'cl: up. The cable 151is. passed between guide rollers Qland thenis connected to the lever l8, whereby a; swinging of the lever will actuate the signal hand in .the manner just described. It is obvious that any other manually operated mechanism may be Substituted for the one disclosed forlactuating.

the signal hand. The-cable 15 is passed through an 'opening inthe bottom of the cas ng 1.

thereoft'inay be readily understood. The

driver; when desiring tov make a turn pr to;

stop, swings the'lever 18 to the right, thus if the'driver wishes to make a right turn.

From the foregoing description of the 105.

various positions into swung.

Thea-rm is swung intoseither one of the other two positions designated by LT. and B. if

The n'ioven'lentof the lever 18 on the in.-

struinent board 17 flexes the s rin ll and of course the spring will tend to return the "arm 13 :to normal, or inoperative position. This movement takesplace asSoon as the driver releases the lever 18. As' stated he- I fore the signal is energized'when thetail light is turn d on. Thede'vice is extremelysii'nple in construction, and provides a novel anche'iilcicnt ine'ans for warning drivers approachlng cars as towhat the car ahead is about to do.-

I claim: i 1. A deviceof the ing a casing, acoverpivotally mounted upon said cover, a light disposed in said signal, a 0011 spring secured to said oasln an arm which the hand is said. casin type described eoinprisintegral with said coil spring a link 0pfor swinging said cover and said signal into operative positions, saldcoil spring adapted to return said cover and said signal to norinal position. V 2. A device of the type described comprising a casing, a cover pivotally mounted upon; a signal rigidly mounted upon b7 o said'covena light d sposed 1n said signal, a

coil spring, one end of said coil spring s ccared to said casing, an elongated armin Y te9'1'ai with the other end of said coil spring, a iinl; operati's 'ely Connecting said arni to said cover, acable secured atone endto said a11n,-;and manually controlled means securedto the ot er end ofsaid cabie for niovf ing'said arin against the tension of said coil s1 ng for SWingingsaid cover and said sig- LEROY EAINES;

being adapted to return said cover and said cnai into operative positions-said'coil spring V said casing, a swnal rigidly mounted upon 

